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The Modern Middle East: A Reader

by Albert Hourani

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Essays spanning the modern history of the Middle East

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Essays spanning the modern history of the Middle East

Albert Hourani introduces a collection of specialist writings organized around four broad periods and subjects: reforming elites and changing relations with Europe, social and economic transformation, interwar imperialism and nationalism, and the region since World War II. The first two sections cover 1789–1918; the later sections extend the collection into the postwar era. This revised edition adds material on the region’s history since the 1990s, giving the volume an updated closing section alongside its historical surveys. Its structure makes the book a broad, thematic reader rather than a single continuous narrative.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Students seeking a structured collection of writings on modern Middle Eastern history.
  • Readers interested in the region’s social, economic, political, and international history from 1789 onward.
  • Those looking for material that also addresses the region’s history since the 1990s.

Themes

Middle Eastern reform and relations with EuropeSocial and economic transformationImperialism and nationalismPostwar history

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Book overview

This textbook assembles key writings on the modern history of the Middle East by some of the most distinguished specialists in the field. The book aims to meet the needs of a wide range of students. After a general introduction by Albert Hourani, the essays are arranged in four sections: reforming elites and changing relations with Europe 1789-1918; transformation in society and economy 1789-1918; imperialism and nationalism in the interwar period; and the Middle East since World War II. This revised edition contains a range of additional material on the history of the region since the 1990s.
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